Man who fired at police, hit officer's shield during standoff taken into custody

Video from a Milwaukee police officer body camera captures the moment a standoff suspect fired a shot at officers. No officers were hurt and the suspect was taken to a hospital for mental health treatment.
Milwaukee Police Department

An arrow shows where a bullet fired at a Milwaukee Police officer hit the officer's shield. Police officers had entered the man's home to end a standoff that began about noon Wednesday.(Photo: Jon D. Riemann / Milwaukee Police Department)

A man who fired a shot and struck a Milwaukee police officer's protective shield after officers entered his apartment to end a standoff on the northwest side has been taken into custody.

Another police officer fired at the man, but he was not injured, police said in a news release.

The incident began about noon Wednesday when the man who was angry at family members fired a shot in his apartment in the 5100 block of N. Lovers Lane Road.

Officers who responded tried to encourage the man to leave the residence and then officers trained in crisis negotiations talked with him for more than 10 hours in an effort to get him to surrender peacefully, the Police Department said in a news release.

An arrow shows where a bullet fired at a Milwaukee Police officer hit the officer's shield. Police officers had entered the man's home to end a standoff. The officer was not injured.(Photo: Jon Riemann / Milwaukee Police Department)

But the man, who police said appeared to be suffering from a mental health emergency, became unresponsive to negotiators, according to the release.

At that point, police officers entered the apartment and the man fired a shot toward them. A bullet hit an officer's shield, but the officer was not hurt.

After the other officer fired at the man, the man quickly surrendered, police said. A loaded handgun was recovered.

The man was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, police said.